On Thursday, March 08, 2012 04:49:05 PM, Gary Mort wrote: > On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Kristoffer Walker <[email protected]>wrote: > > supply. After hearing all this, I'm starting to suspect that the > > battery may be dead. I don't suppose they charge back up do they? :D > > Their not /supposed/ to be recharged...[we're referring to the little 2032 > or 2025 watch style batteries]. However, if you have a power supply, you > CAN tape a lead to the positive side and a lead the negative side and let > it charge at 1.5V for a few hours. Of course, there are all sorts of > disclaimers here, recharging alkaline batteries "can" cause them to > burst/explode/catch on fire... I've never had that happen, but it is > something to be cautious of. Much easier to just buy the 2-3$ battery at > radio shack.
The CR2032 batteries typically used on motherboards are lithium batteries. Alkaline cells run at 1.5 V, lithium cells run at 3 V. CR2032 batteries are quite cheap and you can pick them up at the supermarket. Much better and easier to simply replace it than to risk recharching IMHO. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Apr 4 - An Intro to Chef May 2 - May 2012 Meeting Jun 6 - June 2012 Meeting
